Descendants of John Maxfield
of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Eighth Generation

Ernest Maxfield and SARAH VIOLA STACY were married at Pittsfield on 25 January 1874 by A. L. Gerrish, minister of the gospel (VR Me). They were both of Pittsfield. Sarah was born at Maine in February 1855 (1900 census).

The 1880 Census (487:444D) reported this family at Pittsfield:

The 1900 Census (600:1:273) found this growing family still at Pittsfield:

The record further indicated that Ernest and Sarah had been married for 26 years, and that Sarah had six children, four of whom were living.

The 1910 Census (546:2:113A) reported the family at Pittsfield. Ernest Maxfield, 56, was superintendent of a woolen mill; Sarah V. Maxfield, his wife, had six children, four living; son Ernest Maxfield, 24, married five years, was a weaver at a woolen mill; son Stacey Maxfield was 13; son-in-law Robert W. Corey, 30, had come to the United States from Canada in 1890, was a naturalized citizen, and worked as a commercial teacher of crockery; Bertha M. Corey, wife of Robert, and daughter of Ernest and Sarah Maxfield, age 32, was a saleswoman at a dry goods story. Robert and Bertha had been married nine years, and had no children.

The 1920 census (648:14A) found Ernest Maxfield, age 66, his wife Viola S., 65, and their single daughter Elizabeth G., 42, living at Pittsfield village in Pittsfield, Maine. Ernest was superintendent of a woolen mill.

Sarah Maxfield died in 1920 (NMGR 8:20). The 1930 census (839:) found widower Ernest C. Maxfield, 76, living at 12 Waverly Street, Pittsfield. Also at that address was Edith M. Bartlett, a 61 year old widow, working as housekeeper.

Ernest and Sarah Maxfield had the following children:

1. ELIZABETH G.⁹ MAXFIELD "Bessie"
   • b. at Pittsfield in August 1874 (1900 census)
2. BERTHA A.⁹ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Pittsfield in August 1877 (1900 census)
   • m. in Maine on 28 November 1900 ROBERT COREY, both of Pittsfield (VR Me Br)
     • b. at Canada about 1879/80 (1910 census)
3. CLARENCE C.⁹ MAXFIELD
   • b. in Maine abt December 1879 (1880 census)
   • d. bef 1900 (1900 census)
4. ERNEST QUIMBY⁹ MAXFIELD b. at Pittsfield on 22 June 1885
5. STACEY⁹ MAXFIELD
   • b. at Pittsfield on 19 November 1896 (WWI Draft)
   • draft reg. at Somerset County, Maine, on 5 June 1918 (WWI Draft)
     Stacy Maxfield, 21
     Pittsfield, ME
     b. Nov 19, 1896 Pittsfield
     mill operative, American Woolen Co., Pittsfield
     single, caucasian, medium height, medium build, brown eyes, brown hair
   • military. frm 3 Sep 1918 to 28 Jan 1919 (Me in WWI)
     Maxfield, Stacey b. Pittsfield, ME, Nov 19, 1896, res. Pittsfield
     Inducted. Skowhegan, Somerset Co., ME Sep 3, 1918
     Private, Ord. 151 Dep Brig to Oct 12, 1918
     Co. A 34 M G Bn to disch
     overseas service - none
     Honerable discharge on demobilization Jan 28, 1919
   • census. 1930 at 11 Alvany Street, Boston, Massachusetts
     • Maxfield, Stacey boarder M W 33 single, b. ME, parents b. ME MElaborer, grocery
   • draft reg. at Boston, Massachusetts, on 27 April 1942 (WWII Draft)
     Stacy Maxfield, 37 Cobden St., Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA;
     45, b. Pittsfield, ME Nov 19, 1896
     contact: Edna Maxfield
     employer: Great A & P Tea Co., 151 Northern Ave, Boston
   • d. at Boston on 15 May 1983 (SSDI; MA D)
   • m. EDNA LEONA ________
     • b. on 20 November 1901 (SSDI; MA D)
     • d. at Boston on 29 August 2002 (SSDI; MA D)

Information on this family can be found in:

• Wright, Elizabeth, ed., "John Maxfield, of Salisbury, Massachusetts, Additions and Corrections." Nebraska and Midwest Genealogical Record 8:20. (NMGR)
• Pierson, Dianne, to Charles Maxfield. Letter. December 7, 2000. (Pierson)
• Census records.

MA D

Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2001. Ancestry.com.

Me in WWI

Roster of Maine Soldiers in World War I. NEHGS. NewEnglandAncestors.org,

SSDI

Social Security Death Index. http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com.

VR Me

State of Maine, State Board of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, Augusta, Me. Index to Vital Records Prior to 1882 of the Following 80 Towns. microfilm, Genealogical Society, Salt Lake Cuty, Ut.

VR Me Br

Vital Records of Maine: Brides' Index 1895 to 1953. microfilm, Genealogy Society, Salt Lake City, Ut.

WWI Draft

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Ancestry.com.

WWII Draft

World War II Draft Registration Cards; 4th Registration, 1942, for persons ages 45 to 64. Ancestry.com.